# calza
## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese calça (13th century), from Early Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus (“shoe”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɑlθɐ], (western) [ˈkɑlsɐ]

#### Noun

calza f (plural calzas)
* (rare, usually in the plural) breeches, hoses
** c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 667:calçaronllj hũas calças daquel meesmo panothey put on him some hoses of the same cloth
    Synonyms: calzón, osa
* (rare, usually in the plural) stocking; socks
** 1417, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 76:
    Iten que se vendan os çapatos en esta maneira: os çapatos de corda para sobre calça acostumados a trese branquas et hũu coroado et os çapatos de ome de pẽe et de lavrador trése branquas et hũu coroado
       Item, that they sell the shoes in this manner: the usual laced shoes for over the sock, thirteen whites and a crown each one, and the men's shoes for peons of workers, thirteen whites and a crown
    Synonym: media

##### Derived terms

* calceta
* calcetín
* calzón

##### Related terms

* calzar

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “calça”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “calças”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “calza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “calza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “calza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

calza
* inflection of calzar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkal.t͡sa/
* Rhymes: -altsa
* Hyphenation: càl‧za

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus (“shoe”).

#### Noun

calza f (plural calze)
* sock
* stocking

##### Derived terms

* calzamaglia
* calzetta
* calzettone
* calzificio
* calzino

##### Related terms

* calzare
* calcare
* calcagno

##### Descendants

* → Greek: κάλτσα (káltsa)
* → Arabic: كلسة (kalsa)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

calza
* inflection of calzare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /ˈkalθa/ [ˈkal̟.θa]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈkalsa/ [ˈkal.sa]
* Rhymes: -alθa
* Rhymes: -alsa
* Syllabification: cal‧za

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish calça, from Early Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus (“shoe”).

#### Noun

calza f (plural calzas)
* stocking, sock
    Synonym: media

##### Derived terms

* calceta
* calzón

##### Related terms

* calcar
* calce
* calzar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

calza
* inflection of calzar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “calza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* calza on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{es}$